Building up a QSAR model for toxicity toward Tetrahymena pyriformis by the Monte Carlo method: A case of benzene derivatives

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-145

  Toropova, Alla P ^a   Schultz, Terry W ^b   Toropov, Andrey A ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

CORAL software; Monte Carlo method; QSAR; Tetrahymena pyriformis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIMETHYLNITROBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DANGEROUS GOODS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STATISTICS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; VALIDATION STUDY; CHEMICAL MODEL; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 84956652870     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2016.01.010     Document Type: Article

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